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Fresh Ink: Recent Orchestral Pieces from Chile and Brazil

February 8, 2026, 8:00 pm

Composer Roberto Prado (Photo: Lorenzo Scavone)

Fiesta continues its series showcasing recently written pieces from Latin America. We’ll hear music by Chilean composer Hernán Ramírez and Brazilian composers Roberto Prado and Felipe Monteforte.

Playlist

Obertura sinfonica, Op. 151, by Hernán Ramírez
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra; Mikel Toms, conductor

Sinfonietta, by Roberto Prado
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra; Mikel Toms, conductor

Sons da terra I, by Felipe Monteforte
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra; Mikel Toms, conductor

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Meet the Host

Composer, musician, and professor, Elbio Rodríguez Barilari was born in 1953 in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he studied at the Conservatório Universitario before continuing his education in Brazil at the Cursos Latinoamericanos de Música Contemporáne. Since settling in the United States in 1998, Barilari has lectured at the University of Chicago and the Instituto Cervantes. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

As a composer, Barilari has received commissions from the Grant Park Music Festival, Concertante di Chicago, Chicago Park District, and Orquesta Filarmonica de Montevideo. In addition to works for orchestra, chamber ensembles and solo instruments, he has provided scores for more than forty plays in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

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